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THE SAUCE

Maritime detention · Shadow fleet · Person of interest

THE SAUCE is an entity of interest. It has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	THE SAUCE				[sources]
Build Date	2006-10-27 · 2007				[sources]
Call Sign	`5LDL8`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	37651				[sources]
Description	During the G7 and EU oil embargo and price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, the tanker is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products. In September 2025, the tanker transported nearly 30,000 tons of russian petroleum products from the Sheshkharis terminal in the port of Novorossiysk to Turkey. The cargo was shipped by Tatneft. The Sheskharis terminal is a transshipment complex, the endpoint of the main pipelines of Chernomortransneft (TIN 2315072242, under US sanctions) — a subsidiary of the sanctioned russian company Transneft (TIN 7706061801).				[sources]
Flag	Liberia				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	23270				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9315769`				[sources]
MMSI	`636022654`				[sources]
Past Flags	Germany · Isle of Man · Marshall Islands				[sources]
Previous name	Aiolos · British Emissary · Chemtrans Mars				[sources]
Type	Chemical/Oil Products Tanker · Oil tanker/Chemical tanker (OILCHEM)				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-27	Last processed	2026-01-31	First seen	2025-06-20

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ukraine	ГУР МО України		-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Cougar Nautic Inc Person of interest	-	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Andoo SA Person of interest	-	2023-01-27	-

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Black Sea MoU region.

Global · BSMOU

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-1317 · bs-mou-ea299896819a5de9e8bca7f4ef01a0ce66048e3a

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